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Latvian and Khmer


Khmer and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Lithuanian Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
20  
17

How Many Consonants
24  
14
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Paldies  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
lūdzu  
សូម  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
សូរី  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.75 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Lettish  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
letton  
khmer central  

German Name
Lettisch  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1530  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
9  
9
1  
1

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
khm  

ISO 639 3
lav  
khm  

ISO 639 6
lav  
khm  

Glottocode
latv1249  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Latvian and Khmer Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Latvian and Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Latvian and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Latvian are spoken in different Latvian Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Latvian vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Latvian dialects include: Livonian, Middle Latvian. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Latvian and Khmer Speaking population

Latvian and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Latvian and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Latvian and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Latvian and Khmer on Latvian vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Latvian and Khmer Language Codes

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